Average trip distances
Request ID: FOI-2004-1819
Date published: 26 November 2018
You asked
Hello!
Could I please get data on:
* how many trips there were in total
* the average trip distance as the crow flies
* the average trip distance actually traveled by passengers
for the years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 for respectively the tube, bus, DLR, London Overground, London Trams, TfL Rail and Emirates Air Line.
We answered
TfL Ref: 2004-1819
Thank you for your email received by us on 1 November 2018 asking for information about passenger trips and distance travelled on Transport For London services.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked for:
how many trips there were in total
* the average trip distance as the crow flies
* the average trip distance actually traveled by passengers
for the years 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 for respectively the tube, bus, DLR, London Overground, London Trams, TfL Rail and Emirates Air Line.
The information you asked for is available on our website using the following links:
The London Underground Almanac for distance travelled in kilometres: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/underground-services-performance#on-this-page-0
Emirate Air passenger figures are published at: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/emirates-air-line-performance-data and http://content.tfl.gov.uk/eal-performance-period-10-2017-18.pdf
Passenger trips across other TfL modes are provided in the excel spreadsheet are provided at: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/public-transport-journeys-type-transport
Distance travelled in kilometres travelled via mode of transport are provided in table 2.6 on page 37 in our Travel in London report: http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-10.pdf
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely
Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London
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